Chaika the Coffin Princess
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I'd definitely put my hat in for this one. The anime was a whole lot of fun, so I'd love to see what the novels themselves were like.
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I am saddened by the lack of responses to this series. It has so much potential and was a great series.
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@custodes It was a ton of fun, though I imagine the books were a lot better considering just how many of them they adapted for the anime.
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I really is a shame no one ever grabbed this considering how much I enjoyed the anime.
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Just passing by but...I'm surprised that this is one of many Fujimi Shobo titles still not in English yet.
Akashic Records, Gamers, this?
...apart from Date A Live and Slayers, what's going on with IPs from that label? o.O
Are they that difficult to get approval or just that pricy?
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@akashicwiki Older titles carry more risk, so licensors tend to be picky about what they take. You're basically relying on long memories in a fandom that tends not to have them.
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@akashicwiki to be fair, there are a lot of series licensed from Fujimi Shobo, it's just that they have a lot more. r/lightnovels has a good list of them: J-Novel Club, Yen Press, Seven Seas.
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I can understand that it's risky and all, particularly for a series whose adaptation was kinda niche to begin with. Still, what little I was able to read of the earlier volumes really captivated me, so at the least I'll hold onto some hope.
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It would certainly be nice to know wht the entire story is, the anime really did have a habbit of leaving holes.
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I see.
Darn. Guess the obstacle to build up will always be a pickle. D:
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It's a tricky topic, that much is certain.
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I'd also love to see this one in English.
And I'm sure Sam will license it eventually. (Yes, I do have that post bookmarked.)We might get Scrapped Princess before Chaika, though. Since both Banner of the Stars and FMP are done now, Scrapped could be the next license rescue.
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@doublemangekyo Scrapped Princess sounds like it'd be a lot of fun to read too. It was what got me into Sakaki's works to begin with, I think.
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@dreatus I was looking into Scrapped princess the other day, wondering what ever happened to the artist who did the original LN illustrations.
Turns out he quit doing LN work and turned into mtherfck'in Mogudan.
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@sam-pinansky Wait, that Mogudan? The Rei guy? I can confidently say I hadn't expected that of all things.
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@dreatus iirc there is an eroge they did and pretty much reused character models from Scrapped Princess for, can't remember the name but think it was released in English as Brave ________.
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@sniper_samurai Huh, so he did the art for Brave Soul too? Neat!
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@hyperion I really enjoy the authors work so truly hope for another long series after Outbreak is translated. I’m a few volumes behind on Outbreak, haven’t read past vol 1 of Bluesteel but have read everything else by him currently translated. Great LN writer.
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@sam-pinansky I totally thought that artstyle reminded me of Mogudan, but the name didn't checkout so I just let it go as just me seing things!!! No fucking way!!!! I mean, if you look closely you can totally see the resemblance with the early Mogudan stuff.
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@hyperion this title is severely underrated, cant sell me a 5 volume manga of a 12 volume LN series and call it sufficient. We need the LN to truly fulfill the story in the way manga cannot!
